While my husband and I have the same views on important topics like family, religion, money management, and hugging, we have to laugh at how opposite we are regarding other parts of our lives. He loves to skateboard, while I prefer to play tennis. I’m a coffee drinking early bird, and he’s a hip hop listening night owl. He hates heights, while I want to jump out of airplanes. Fly/drive. Summer/winter. Cake/pie. I could go on for days! Opposites also tastefully attract in food, which is easily proven by Smoky Pulled Pork Tacos with Cherry-Peach Salsa. Smoky, chipotle pepper-flavored pulled pork combines with sweet cherry-peach salsa in a juicy taco that my husband and I both agree is absolutely mouthwatering.
These tacos are made even better due to the fact that the pork is slow cooked in the crock pot! All you have to do is throw everything in the crock then push “on”. The fresh and summery Cherry-Peach Salsa can also be made a couple days ahead of time, which means dinner can be on the table in the time it takes you to shred the pork. Love that!
Start by slicinge 1 large onion into quarters, then separate the layers into the bottom of a 6 quart crock pot.
Next slice a 4-5lb pork butt (also called pork shoulder) into 5 or 6 big pieces then season each piece with salt and pepper.
Next add a few ingredients that will make the pulled pork taste wonderfully smokey, with a hint of sweet: 4 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, 2 Tablespoons adobo sauce, 1/2 cup BBQ sauce, 2 Tablespoons brown sugar and 20oz Dr. Pepper. Chipotle peppers are smoked jalapeno peppers and are more smoky than spicy, in my opinion. You can get cans of them packed in adobo sauce right in the international foods aisle.
Pop the top onto the crock pot then slow cook on low for 8 hours.
Now, as I mentioned, not only can the pulled pork be prepped in advance, but the sweet Cherry-Peach Salsa that goes on top can be made up to 2 days ahead of time too!
Add 1 cup each fresh chopped cherries and peaches, 1/4 cup chopped cilantro, 1 minced jalapeno, the juice of 1 lime, and a dash of salt to a mixing bowl then stir to combine.
Juicy, fresh, and easy!
When the pork is cooked through, and fall apart-tender, shred it all up, place it into a bowl, then add enough of the cooking liquid to moisten the pork.
Spoon the juicy pork onto tortillas then top with the cold cherry-peach salsa and devour!
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